What is Design? And What is not?
What is design? We will explore design characteristics based on different scholars and practitioners to answer this question.
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Design Thinking Examples
Design thinking examples includes case studies and example companies applying design thinking to drive innovation.
Exploring IKEA’s Sustainable Design Strategy: Part One
The design adds various values inside any company. At the top of these values is building a company-wide strategy such as IKEA sustainable design strategy. Strategic design and good design
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Why Design Thinking Doesn’t Work
Many articles have recently addressed design thinking as one of the methods to solve problems and achieve innovation by focusing on human needs. However, the over-commercialisation and promotions have led
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Measuring the Impact of Design Thinking
The term design thinking has been widely used to describe the application of design process’s characteristics and distinguish it from other development processes such as the focus of user needs.
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Why Companies Need to Apply Design Thinking
Until the moment of writing this article, many companies are still having a lack of understanding the notion of design thinking. I believe this may be a result of two
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My Advice to Innovators From Years in Cambodia Designing New Solutions to Poverty
For the last decade, I’ve been designing solutions that improve human well-being in the developing world. For those who want to apply design thinking to situations of extreme constraints, like
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Why Brainstorming is a Waste of Time and What is the Alternative
The notion of brainstorming was first introduced by the advertising executive Alex Osborn in 1939 and was published in his book, How to Think Up, in 1942. The basic idea
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Unpacking Design Thinking Futures: GK VanPatter in conversation with Rafiq Elmansy Part 2
Last week, we got the chance to discuss with GK VanPatter, co-founder of Humantific, his vision about design thinking futures as part of this series of interviews with design leaders.
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Unpacking Design Thinking Futures: GK VanPatter in conversation with Rafiq Elmansy Part 1
Design is now taking broader perspective than before. It’s now used by large companies such as Google, Apple, IKEA, Nike, and others as a strategic and business tool to lead
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Freelance vs Full-time Design Jobs: Making the Right Decision
Many designers ask me the common question; is it better to search for design jobs or become freelance designers? Many of the design projects can run remotely without restricting to
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Design Schools Should Teach Systems Thinking and This is Why
In simple words, system thinking means understanding the big picture of the current situation through recognizing its different elements, how they interact with each other from one side and external
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Tips to Learn Design Without Going to a Design School
Didn’t get the chance to attend a design school? You’re not alone as many barriers can stand between students to achieve their goal to learn design by getting a design
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How Design Thinking Reshaped Microsoft Products
10 years ago, I used to be a Windows operating system user and always asked myself; why is it so complicated? The screen is full of functions with minimum consideration
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Design Thinking: The Need for Empathy
The idea behind design thinking is to address the user problems and ensure that the user’s needs are in focus during the different design process phases. it does not matter
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What Designers Think About Design Education in the Middle East Region
Over the course of understanding the challenges that face design industry in the Middle East and North Africa, we established the Design MENA section where we try to address the
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Why Do We Need Human-Centered Design More than Before?
The human-centered design aims to creatively solve problems by focusing on the consumer behavior and needs rather than their demographics. The approach is currently adopted by different industries as it
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5 Successful Open Innovation Examples
Both large and small companies have agreed that innovation and creativity are essential tools to sustain business success and improve market competitiveness. However, the traditional “closed” innovation model faced barriers
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Practice Guide to Run a Google Design Sprint
The design process plays an essential role in achieving product success by ensuring that the user is at the heart of the development process and that the final product is
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SWOT Analysis for the UK’s Brexit Decision to Leave the EU
Last week, the UK decided to leave the European Union after more than 40 years of membership. The national referendum results were 51.9% to leave, while 48.1% to stay. The
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Exploring Design in the Egyptian Creative Market (Infographic)
There is an agreement between both scholars and practitioners about the important role of design and creativity in the following three fields: education, organization, and government. In a previous article,
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